JCPL Hobbies Databases

The resources on these pages are provided FREE to Jasper County Public Library patrons to help with research and entertainment needs. Except where noted, all of these resources can be used at home or away from the library. Use from home will require a JCPL library card, and some services may require you to establish an account in order to save preferences or other materials. This information is not retained by JCPL.

Browse the resources below, or choose a specific category to narrow your search. The more information link can lead to tips, known issues as well as help using the resource. To request assistance, or suggest a resource, use our contact page and select Online Databases as the category.

After hours use

Due to nightly server maintenance, some JCPL resources may not be available between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. CST.

Auto Repair Reference Center is an easy-to-use guide that allows you to search for, view and print maintenance and repair information - including illustrations - for your vehicle, without handling or damaging a book. Results include recall information.

Free DMV practice tests, written specifically based on the state DMV materials, and the only site of its kind to include accessibility tools that allow users to hear selections read aloud, make them into MP3s, translate pages into other languages, magnify text, and mask sections of the screen for greater visibility on driving practice tests.

The Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive (IULMIA) is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive academic film collections. The archive contains more than 86,000 titles spanning nearly 80 years of film production, including many rare and last-remaining copies of influential 20th-century films.